After a hiatus, I’ve re-enrolled in Intuitive Printmaking at the Jamestown Arts Center. It’s great to be back there in-person with art friends and instructor Karen Dolmanisth! In the class, I’m delving further into watercolor monotypes. Recently my interest was piqued by a couple of street scenes, one watery and one crayon-y.
It takes a few iterations to reach satisfying results.
Other urban scenes are top of mind. I visited Cambridge and Boston this past week, and I was shaken seeing up-close the tent encampment at MIT and a demonstration at Northeastern University. In the Northeastern demo, people were energetically chanting “Long live the Intifada!” and “From the River to the Sea!” I’m not for genocide, but I was saddened to hear this virulently anti-Israel sentiment. I wish that people would chant for peace and against militarization and against systematic murder instead.
In the news I am sad to see pictures of police in riot gear looking like soldiers invading higher education across the country. Take it down a notch, people? Two pieces this week provide nuanced perspectives on the ramifications of police shutting down campus demonstrations: Louis Menand in The New Yorker, “Tower in Flames: Academic Freedom Under Fire,” and David Brooks in the Times, “Why the Protests Help Trump” (gift article link).
But perhaps we should be paying more attention to what’s going in Gaza than to what’s going on at our campuses?
Shalom, Salaam, Shanti, Peace.
Very nice! And very calming!!
And as you know, I have been comparing notes with our Columbia (Kermit) friend Frank da Cruz re 1968.
BTW, how many EV chargers has Saunderstown installed? If you want to see how they do it in Chappaqua, NY, visit
http://stemcafe.org/
Not sure how to charge your Tesla? Make sure you plug the thingamajig into the whatchamacallit! And don't mix up the wires!
http://chicago-online.com/videos/Using_Tesla_adapter_at_EVolve_NY.mp4
Sustainably yours, R